Officer cited in Spencer crash

SPENCER – The Spencer police officer involved in a crash en route to another incident last week has been cited for deviating from the designated lane.

The officer was on his way to assist the Marathon County Sheriff's Department in responding to a crash on Highway 13 in Unity at about 6:30 p.m. Aug. 15 when the squad car he was driving was involved in a collision with another vehicle.

The other vehicle was traveling eastbound from East Main Street into the intersection with Highway 13. The vehicle stopped in the southbound lanes of Highway 13. The officer, who was traveling north on Highway 13, took evasive action to avoid the collision but struck the other vehicle, according to information posted on the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page Thursday.

The officer and the driver of the other vehicle were transported to Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.